“The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers of women in topic economic and financial posts. If we persist in having unequal numbers, then we should advantage the women and have a smaller percentage of men.” IfsMenShouldMayNumbersBrainEconomicEqualBenefitsAdvantageFemaleFinancialPursuePostsPersistTopicsPercentagesDistinctive Author:Semir Zeki
“In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.” ImportantCharacterAgeInfluenceAdvantageFemaleInnovationExperimentsOur SocietySystematicThorough Book:Ladies' Magazine Source: Ladies' Magazine
“Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.” IfsGivingChildrenRealBoysGreaterTeacherDisciplineAdvantageFemaleDignityMalesMoodSuperiorsCommandContactEthicalUniformityPhysical Strength Author:G. Stanley Hall
“It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life.” PeopleWayWritingWellsMayAbleWantedCoursesSexViewsCasesAudienceToo MuchElementsAdvantageFemaleCriticismRegardMalesPoint Of ViewProtestHomosexualEscapism Author:Tennessee Williams
“Genes which allow females to be less inhibited leave fewer copies of themselves than genes which persuade them to remain highly selective. Among males, the best strategy is exactly the opposite one. The maximum advantage goes to those males with the fewest inhibitions. "Love 'em and leave 'em" is not so much a nasty peice of male chauvinist piggery as an accurate reflection of biological reality.” RealityReflectionAdvantageFemaleOppositesStrategyMalesEmsCopiesFewerGenesAccurateNastyMaximumSelectiveInhibitionsMale Chauvinist Author:Lyall Watson
“Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination.” LongImportantBeliefRight NowConversationAdvantageFemaleEmpowermentStandingPrejudicePressureDiscriminationTrendsTopicsFemale Empowerment Author:Gillian Anderson
“Emma Willard told the legislature that the education of women "has been too exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty" The problem, she said, was that "the taste of men, whatever it might happen to be, has made into a standard for the formation of the female character." Reason and religion teach us, she said, that "we too are primary existences...not the satellites of men.” MenHas BeensMadeSaidReasonCharacterProblemMightHappensExistenceTeachYouthFitTasteStandardsAdvantageFemalePrimariesCharmFormationLegislatureFemale CharactersSatellitesEmma Book:A People's History of the United States Source: A People's History of the United States